RHPCS Families,No costumes at school, tomorrow, Wednesday, October 31. In order to have the best learning environment for the school day, tomorrow, 10/31/18 will be a regular full school day at Rolling Hills with regular school uniform attire. Thank you for your understanding and support. Wishing all a fun and safe Halloween evening.

Tiger Talk with Mr. Pratt this Thursday, November 1 at 5:30 p.m. – This is an open-forum opportunity to discuss school topics and issues directly with Mr. Pratt, RHPCS Principal and Administrator. The planned topics for this Tiger Talk include school budget and school improvements, but feel free to bring your thoughts, questions, and ideas. All are invited and encouraged to attend.

Items Needed for RHPCS GardenPlease save or collect old newspapers, grass clippings and leaves, and deliver to school by next Monday, 11/5.Our Root 4 Green Garden afterschool club will be putting the garden to sleep for the winter and will use these items to create a “lasagna” mulch to winterize and recharge our garden beds for spring use.

Attention Garden Club:There will be no garden club this Tuesday 10/30. We will have garden club November 6th and November 13th. We will be harvesting radishes and parsnips. Then we will cover the beds with a lasagna mulch.

​Congratulations to our newest RHPCS School Board members: Mai Betterley and Marc Hamilton. We are also pleased to welcome Skye Hamilton as our new PFA/non voting member of the Board. New Board members will be sworn in and seated at the November meeting. A big “Thank you” to all our candidates during this election – we appreciate your willingness to serve.

Thank you to outgoing Board members Jon Worbets and Mark Pomerans. We appreciate your service and contributions for the past 2 years. ​And a big thank you to Scot Carley for his many years of dedication, contributions and leadership to the Board. You will be missed.

​REMINDER: No afterschool Clubs (except Art Class) during Parent Teacher Conference Week (Oct. 22-26)We will be cancelling our afterschool clubs (Homework Club, Root 4 Green, Chess Club, STEM Club) during Parent-Teacher Conference week. Cancelling these programs for this week allows our teachers who normally facilitate these programs to have time to prepare for parent-teacher conferences and be available for our afterschool conference times. If your child normally attends one or more of these programs, please make arrangements for your child/children to be picked up at the 2:30 p.m. regular end to the school day this week.Note: Mrs. Balkin’s Afterschool Art Class WILL be held on Thursday, October 25, 2018.

RHPCS Parents,Individual picture packets from Parker Portraits should have come home with your student this week. If you placed an order, this should be your actual order. If you did not place an order, a preview of your child’s picture is in the envelope with information on the opportunity to order. Parker Portraits will be back to RHPCS this coming week for our PICTURE RETAKES on the morning of Wednesday, October 24, between 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.Don’t miss out on picture retake day if your student was:- Enrolled at RHPCS after our picture day on 9/26.- Absent on picture day- Or if you just are not thrilled with how your student’s picture turned out (remember fall picture is the one that goes in the yearbook!). Please respond to this email if you want your student to be included in picture retakes so I can be extra sure we don’t miss anyone.If you are having retakes because you did not like the way the original portraits turned out – please be sure to return the original portrait package, the photographers will collect them. (You can send them in to the office earlier if that is more convenient for you, but be sure they are here by 10/24.)If you would like to place a picture order from the retake portrait session, utilize the order form attached with this email, or hard copies of the order form are available at the school office (email me and I can send one home with your child). Order forms should be returned to school with your child no later than the start of school on 10/25. Students are to wear regular school uniform for picture retake day. Students should plan to wear their favorite and most flattering polo shirt and khaki or navy bottoms and a lovely smile.As always, please feel free to contact me with questions or concerns.

Rolling Hills Public Charter School has been identified as a Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) school through the Idaho State Department of Education’s accountability system. We have also been identified as a "Goal Maker" school for both Math and Reading proficiency for all students.

What is TSI? A school is identified for TSI when a subgroup of at least 20 students is identified as consistently under-performing. In the state’s accountability system, consistent under-performance is evidenced by three consecutive years of a performance gap of at least 35% each year on an indicator. Our subgroup of students with disabilities vs. our students without disabilities on the indicator of English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency.

Your input is valued and needed for us to develop a plan to improve outcomes for students with disabilities on the indicator of ELA. To gather input, we will also have a Face-To-Face meetings on Wednesday, October 17 at 7:30-8:30 am in the Cafe and again at 5:30-6:30 pm in the Morton Lab. You can also submit input through the SurveyMonkey link below. Please click the survey link to give input and we will need it by Oct. 26, 2018. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2KL5PW8

We are so excited that our RHPCS 5th annual Harvest Festival is just around the corner!Please plan to join us for this fun-filled, family friendly Fall carnival event Saturday, October 20, 2018 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.Proceeds from this event help financially support our annual week-long middle school trip to McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS)

Volunteer help and donations are needed– Sign Up to support this event using the SignUpGenius links below:

- Enter the Chili Cook-Off and share your mad skills and win the coveted “Golden Ladle” Contact Joy Conn via email to enter: businessmanager@rhpcs.orgSave Time & Money on your RHPCS Harvest Festival fun!You are invited and encouraged to pre-order your Harvest Festival game wristbands, raffle tickets, and food tickets.Submit pre-orders by Wednesday, October 17.Use the attached pre-order form. Payment can be made by exact cash, check payable to RHPCS PFA, or online at: https://rhpcsdonate1.maxcheckout.com/ (Please be sure to submit your pre-order form indicating that you have paid online, that way we will know how to fill your order)Benefits of Pre-purchasing tickets:

Save you money! There is a pre-order discount on every item!

Save you time at the event! You won’t have to wait in the ticket purchasing line, you will be able to pick up your prepared envelope of tickets up at the Will Call table.

Helps us be better prepare so we can provide attendees with a great Harvest Festival experience!

REMINDER: The window for voting for our annual RHPCS School Board election is currently open and will run through 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 18, 2018. Information about the candidates, the School Board seats available, and the official ballot can be accessed on the RHPCS School Board webpage, go to: https://rhcschoolboard.weebly.com/

NOTE: REVISED BALLOTAfter review, it has been determined that a revised ballot is needed in order to have a more fair and equitable election process. Because all five candidates are parents of currently enrolled RHPCS students, all five are equally qualified for either Board Seat “A” (designated as a parent seat) or Board Seat “E” (designated as a parent or community member seat). On the original ballot, the candidates were randomly divided into the ballot categories for each of two seats. However, a more fair and beneficial process comes from grouping all the candidates together and allowing each stakeholder to vote for TWO of the candidates. During the ballot counting process, it will be determined which TWO candidates received the 1st and 2nd highest number of votes and then placement into each of the official seats will be made. Note: All original version ballots will be invalid and the Revised Ballot (10/11/18) needs to be the official ballot submitted by each stakeholder.Questions or concerns can be directed to Carrie Riddick, RHPCS School Board Clerk, at RHCclerk@gmail.com____________________________________________________________________________________Original Information provided 10/05/2018:​RHPCS School Board ElectionVote Now through October 18, 2018

The time for the RHPCS School Board elections is upon us. Three (3) positions are available during this election: one (1) Parent seat, one (1) either Parent or Community Member, and one (1) Community Member seat. Board positions are elected for a two-year term.

We have 5 candidates for this election: Mai Betterley, Michael Brooks, Derek Cooper, Timothy Curtis, Marc Hamilton. Visit the RHPCS School Board website at: http://rhcschoolboard.weebly.com/ to view each candidate’s application. Prior to the Annual Meeting and ballot count, we will host a “Meet & Greet the Candidates” time on Thursday, October 18 at 5:00 p.m. Feel free to come meet the candidates in person and ask candidates any questions.

The official Ballot is now available on the school board webpage, is attached with this email, and hard copies are available and can be completed and submitted at the school office.

Who can vote? Only stakeholders are allowed to vote. You are a stakeholder if you are a parent or legal guardian of a RHPCS student, a RHPCS staff member or RHPCS teacher. Only one vote per stakeholder.

How do I vote? Ballots may be printed from this email or from the school board website. Vote by completing your ballot at the school or complete the ballot at your convenience and drop it off or mail to the school address: 8900 Horseshoe Bend Road, Boise, ID 83714. Ballots should be in an envelope marked “election” and be received by 5:30 p.m. on October 18, 2018 in order to be valid.

Counting Ballots: The ballots will be counted at the RHPCS Annual Meeting on Thursday, October 18 2018 beginning at 5:30 p.m. Ballots will be counted by the Clerk of the Board and the School Administrator. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Announce New Board Members: The new Board members will be announced at the Annual Meeting on October 18, 2018. New Board members will be posted on the website.

Swear in new Board Members: New Board members are required to submit for a background check. The new Board members will be sworn in at the Board meeting after the results of the background checks are received by the school.